Autograph Letter Collection: Women's Suffrage (also includes postage stamps) 1851-1973

Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910

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Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Bristol, England, in 1821 to a politically outspoken father committed to fairness among his male and female children. In 1832, Samuel Blackwell moved his family to the United States in part for financial reasons but also to participate in the abolitionist movement. Two of his daughters would grow up to continue this fight against slavery and to work towards women's rights, specifically in the area of women in medicine. After years of struggling to be taken ...

Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906

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Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activ...

Bondfield, Margaret, 1873-1953

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Margaret Grace Bondfield CH PC (17 March 1873 – 16 June 1953) was a British Labour politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. She became the first female cabinet minister, and the first woman to be a privy counsellor in the UK, when she was appointed Minister of Labour in the Labour government of 1929–31. She had earlier become the first woman to chair the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Bondfield was born in humble circumstances and received limited formal ed...

Stanger Henry York fl 1908

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Barry, Alfred, 1826-1910

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Primate of Australia and canon of Windsor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Worcester, to [Joseph Bennett?], 1875 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270671979 Second son of Sir Charles Barry, architect of the Houses of Parliament, London. In 1883 he was appointed third bishop of Sydney, and he resigned this in 1889. From the description of Manuscript [manuscript]. 1864. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225730710 Al...

Fry Sara Margery 1874-1958

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Hill Florence Davenport- b 1836

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Gould Barbara Bodichon Ayrton 1886-1950

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Garrett, Agnes, 1845-1935

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Newsome Stella Winifred 1889-1969

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Inglis, Elsie Maud, 1864-1917

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Benn William Wedgwood 1877-1953

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Boyle, Nina, 1865-1943

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Epithet: Miss British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x0002c6 ...

Harraden, Beatrice, 1864-1936

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Beatrice Harraden was an English author and activist for women's suffrage. She attended Queen's College and Bedford College, earning degrees in mathematics and classics. She became a popular author of novels and short stories, and also wrote essays, plays, and children's books. Her fiction generally features strong female characters, reflecting her deep involvement with the women's suffrage movement. She founded the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903 in an effort to facilitate the activi...

Bussy, Dorothy.

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Women's Freedom League

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Anderson, Louisa Garrett, 1873-

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Buxton, Sydney, 1853-1934

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English politician, Member of Parliament from 1883-1914, under-secretary for colonies from 1892-1895, created earl in 1920. From the description of Sydney Buxton letter, [after 1880]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936851 ...

Thorndike, Sybil, Dame, 1882-1976

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Chelsea and Duchess Theatre, to Denys Blakelock, 1947 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872363 Wife of Sir Lewis Casson Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x00026f ...

Lytton, Earl of, 1876-1947

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English politician and grandson of novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Knebworth, England, 1909 May 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 669044741 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Knebworth, England, to an unidentified recipient, 1909 June 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 669181921 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wimbledon, England, 1909 June 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 669181458 ...

Courtney, Kathleen, Dame, 1878-1974

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Sharp, Evelyn, 1869-1955

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Epithet: afterwards Nevinson author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0000fd ...

Castle, Barbara, 1910-

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Barbara Anne Betts was born in Chesterfield in 1910. Her father, a civil servant, was a member of the Independent Labour Party and became a contributor to the ILP journal, The Bradford pioneer, which he later edited. Barbara was educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School and St Hugh's College, Oxford. A left-wing member of the Labour Party, Castle was one of the founders of Tribune, the socialist weekly. In the 1945 General Election Barbara Castle (she had married Ted Castle, a journalist, in 19...

Garrett Samuel d 1923

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Thomas Lady Margaret Haig 1883-1958

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Balfour, Frances, Lady, 1858-1931

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Denman Lady Gertrude Mary 1884-1954

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Craig, Edith, 1869-1947

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Edith Craig was born in Hertfordshire, England, Dec. 9, 1869; the daughter of actress Ellen Terry, she made her first stage appearance at the Court Theater in 1878 during a run of Olivia; was a member of Lyceum Theatre Company for many years, working with her mother and brother, Edward Gordon Craig, under the direction of Henry Irving; at one time designed and made costumes for many London productions, but in later years became engaged in stage management and play productions; as stage director ...

Sidgwick Henry d 1900

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Martindale Louisa 1872-1966

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Haslett, Caroline, 1895-1957

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Martindale, Hilda, 1875-1952

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Swanwick Helena Maria Lucy nee Sickert 1864-1938

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Buxton, Sydney, 1853-1934

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English politician, Member of Parliament from 1883-1914, under-secretary for colonies from 1892-1895, created earl in 1920. From the description of Sydney Buxton letter, [after 1880]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936851 ...

Watts Ethel fl 1920

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Hamilton Mary Cicely nee Hammill 1872-1952

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Ashton, Margaret, 1856-1937.

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Fawcett, Philippa Garrett, 1868-1948

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Philippa Garrett Fawcett (b. Apr. 4, 1868–d. June 10, 1948) was a British mathematician and educationalist. She was the daughter of suffragist Millicent Fawcett and Henry Fawcett MP, a professor and Postmaster General. She attended Newnham College, Cambridge and became the first woman to obtain the top score in the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos exams. However, she did not receive the title senior wrangler since she was a woman. She later won the Marion Kennedy scholarship at Cambridge and then a...

Guggisberg Lady Decima Moore- fl 1914

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Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945

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David Lloyd George (b. January 17, 1863, Manchester, England–d. March 26, 1945, Wales) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party. As Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908–1915), Lloyd George was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state. His most important role came as the highly energetic Prime Minister of the Wartime Coalition Government (1916–22), during and immediately after the First World War. He was a major player at the Paris P...

Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926

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Israel Zangwill was an English novelist, playwright, essayist, and political activist. From the description of Israel Zangwill collection of papers, 1895-1918. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485923 From the guide to the Israel Zangwill collection of papers, 1895-1918, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Zangwill was an English novelist, playwright, and Zionist leader. ...

Duval Una Harriet Ella Stratford nee Dugdale 1879-1975

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Davidson Frances Joan Baroness Northchurch, nee Dickinson 1894-1985

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Heilbron Rose Queen's Counsel

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Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959

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Writer, poet and artist whose work focused on royalty and religion. Brother of poet A.E. Housman. From the description of Letters, 1890-1957. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122517799 British author. From the description of Laurence Housman papers, 1936-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979842 Laurence Housman (1865-1959), writer, brother of A.E. Housman. From the guide to the Laurence Housman: Letters to Noel Teulon-...

Nevinson, Henry Woodd, 1856-1941

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Epithet: journalist and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000004 ...

Swanwick, Helena M. (Helena Maria), 1864-1939

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Helena Maria Sickert, b. 1864, in Munich, Germany, of an English mother and Danish father; family moved to England when Helena was four years old; educated at Girton College, Cambridge; married Frederick Tertius Swanwick in 1888; author, journalist, and lecturer involved in peace activism, feminism, and social justice; chair of the British Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1915?-1922; British delegate to the League of Nations, 1924-193?; d. Maidenhead, England, 1...

Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred, 1845-1936

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Wife of Prof. Henry Sidgwick, educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to Prof. Knight, 1907 June 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662433 Epithet: née Balfour; wife (1876) of H Sidgwick British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x0001c6 ...

Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame, 1847-1929

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President of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. From the description of Letters : London, to Laurence Housman, 1918 Jan. 18, 1928 Oct. 29, and undated. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25374993 Fawcett was an author and a leader in the women's suffrage movement. From the description of ALS [19--?] April 9 : Lismus, Ireland to "Dear Sir" / M.G. Fawcett. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 28013193 Epithet: ...

Bourne Adeline 1873-1965

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Women's Social & Political Union

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Parkes Margaret Kineton fl 1910

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Heitland Margaret nee Bateson 1860-1938

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Summerskill, Edith, 1901-1980

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Barnett, Henrietta, Dame, 1851-1936

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Garrett Lady Freda fl 1954

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Royden, A. Maude (Agnes Maude), 1876-1956

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wife of G W H Shaw Epithet: suffragist and preacher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0002b2 ...

National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies

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Auerbach Helena fl 1914

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Hoare Sir Samuel John Gurney 1880-1959

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Atkinson Evelyn fl 1910

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London National Society for Women's Suffrage.

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Curtis, Myra, 1886-1971

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Hardy Emma Lavinia d 1912

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Robins, Elizabeth, 1862-1952

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Elizabeth Robins' long, active life (1862-1952) took her in many directions. Robins was American born and reared, but her multiple careers in acting, writing and the women's suffragist movement gave her the opportunity to travel widely and meet several important personalities. In addition to keeping various written records of her experiences, Robins kept photographic documentation of her performances, travels and acquaintances. From the description of Photographic materials, 1852-194...

Strachey, Philippa, 1872-1968

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Hadow, Grace E. (Grace Eleanor), 1875-1940

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Roper, Esther, 1868-1938

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Moore, Eva, 1870-1955

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Coutts Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett- 1814-1906

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Garrett Lady Catriona fl 1954

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Douie Vera 1894-1979

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Macdonald, James Ramsay, 1866-1937

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British Prime Minister. From the description of Letters (6) : London, to Harold Picton, 1931-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270972304 Epithet: Prime Minister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0001c1 Margaret Macdonald (nee Gladstone), 1870-1911, was educated largely at home. As a young woman, she was involved in various branches of voluntary social work, including ...

Rathbone, Eleanor F. (Eleanor Florence), 1872-1946

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Ashby Dame Margery Irene Corbett 1882-1981

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Attlee, C.R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967

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Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967) was Prime Minister of the 1945-51 Labour Governments. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . Thomas Simons Attlee (1880-1960) was his brother. See Peggy Attlee With a quiet conscience: Thomas Simons Attlee 1880-1960 (London: 1995). From the guide to the Letters from Clement Attlee to his brother Tom, 1915-60, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) Clement R. Attlee was born in Putney, England, and edu...

Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947

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English author. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1946 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868154 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00019a ...

Greig Teresa Mary Billington- 1877-1964

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Winteringham Margaret 1879-1955

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Baring Evelyn 1841-1917 1st Earl of Cromer statesman

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Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970

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Vera Brittain was a British author, journalist, and lecturer. Her memoir, Testament of youth, has been hailed as a touchstone of the WWI generation. Brittain was a dedicated feminist and pacifist, active in Britain and the United States before World War II. From the description of Vera Brittain letter to Amy Loveman, 1937 Nov. 3. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52605430 ...